Owen Sheers

Owen Sheers is a poet, author and playwright. His first novel, Resistance, was translated into ten languages and made into a film. He has twice won the Welsh Book of the Year, first for his non-fiction narrative about Zimbabwe, The Dust Diaries, and then for his verse drama Pink Mist, which also won the Hay Festival Poetry Medal. His other awards for poetry and drama include the Somerset Maugham Award for Skirrid Hill and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award for his play The Two Worlds of Charlie F. He lives in Wales with his wife and daughter. His new novel, I Saw A Man, is published by Faber.